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Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030-1700 B.C.), the second great era of ancient Egyptian culture, was a transformational period during which the artistic conventions, cultural principles, religious beliefs, and political systems formed during earlier dynasties were developed and reimagined. This comprehensive volume presents a detailed picture of the art and culture of the Middle Kingdom, arguably the least known of Egypt's three kingdoms yet a time of remarkable...
Publisher
Universe Publishing, a Division of Rizzoli International Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From the film critics of The New York Times come these uncut, original reviews of the most popular and influential movies ever made--from the talkies to blockbusters like Chicago and The Wizard of Oz from timeless classics like Casablanca and Notorious, to beloved foreign films by Truffaut and Kurosawa, Fellini and Almodovar. The reviews reflect Hollywood history at its best. In addition, this volume includes: Full cast and production credits for...
2124) Troll 2
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Those greedy goblins are back and hungrier than ever in this gourmet gross-out! Disguised as friendly country folk, a pugnacious posse of people-eating trolls lures visitors to their town. But a family of four is about to discover that this place is a real tourist trap, and they're the prey! Now, the no-good gnomes must be destroyed before the family gets flambed, and the world becomes a buffet in this feeding frenzy of fear!
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
From the creator of Family Guy comes a brand-new animated series of pop culture parodies, hilarious shorts and superb non-sequiturs. Uncensored, uninhibited and unbelievably funny, this DVD is brimming with the king of smart, raunchy and twisted humor you can't see on television.
2127) Just before I go
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After his wife leaves him, Ted Morgan realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decides to go home and face the people he feels are responsible for creating the shell of a person he has become. The more determined Ted is to confront his demons, to get closure, and to withdraw from his family, the more Ted is yanked into the chaos of their lives. So, when Ted Morgan decides to kill himself, he finds a reason...
Publisher
MGM/Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A gas that kills anyone over age twenty-five is accidentally released; a television director takes LSD; a writer goes undercover to expose a womanizing racer; gang members attempt to retrieve a stolen motorcycle; Ma Barker leads a family of criminals; murder becomes art for an ambitious waiter; a medical student fears being buried alive; Dr. Xavier develops x-ray vision and goes mad.
2132) The dance remixes
Author
Publisher
Two Tomatoes Records
Pub. Date
c2017.
Language
English
Description
With this collection, Laurie Berkner has taken fourteen of her most beloved songs and transformed them into dance songs that will delight and appeal to audiences of all ages.
Author
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought tells a crucial, almost-forgotten story of African Americans of early nineteenth-century America. In 1833, Maria Stewart (1803-1879) told a gathering at the African Masonic Hall on Boston's Beacon Hill: 'African rights and liberty is a subject that ought to fire the breast of every free man of color in these United States.' She exhorted her audience to embrace the idea that the founding principles...
2134) The lacemaker's secret
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Greed, uncertainty, and death get tangled in the mystery of a rare piece of Belgian lace. Curator Chloe Ellefson needs distraction from the unsettling family secret she's just learned. It doesn't help that her boyfriend, Roelke McKenna, has been troubled for weeks and won't say why. Chloe hopes a consulting job at Green Bay's Heritage Hill Historical Park, where an old Belgian-American farmhouse is being restored, will be a relaxing escape. Instead...
2135) Tarnished badge
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Hangin' party right there and then figgering the sight pf a rustler stretchin rope might get the word out. Trouble was some said the man they'd cloud-danced from the tallest cottonwood in the Panhandle was innocent. Ty Stoddard knew that takin' the law into your own hands could get a man a parcel of land on Boot HIll and the law in Oldham County happened to be Ty's brother-in-law. But when two Diamonds D beeves were found buried on the sheriff's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
p2000
Language
English
Description
While out on a walk in the hills during a visit to her relatives in Derbyshire, Jane finds a terribly mutilated body. It turns out to be Tess Arnold, a stillroom maid at a local estate known for her skill as an herbalist. Was Tess suspected of witchcraft? Was she thought to be traitor to the secret rites of the Freemasons? What was her relationship with the Duke's family? Was the killing the work of a madman? When the wrong person is accused of murder,...
2137) All love everything
Author
Publisher
BMG Rights Management
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Aloe Blacc's first collection of material written as a father, a journey that’s expanded his already heartfelt artistic palette. The listeners who have followed Aloe Blacc over the course of his fourteen-years-long career know that his facility with language and sound is deep.
2138) A chef's life: Season 5
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2017.
Language
English
Description
Vivian hits the road in a food truck to support her first cookbook, a 500-page 'culinary love letter'. While on the road, she discovers Jefferson's small batch whiskey in the heart of Bourbon County, fishes for trout at a farm in the North Carolina mountains, and prepares peppers at a clandestine gathering for chefs in the Virginia hills.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This powerful memoir from a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medalist features poetry, letters, recipes, and other personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his life and the loved ones he shares it with. In an intimate and non-traditional (or "new-fashioned") memoir, Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky Chicago...